199 Icy Gorge (1/2)
”Whooo! Whooo!”
As the North wind blew, the elements were harsh.
Only a white scene could be seen. Water froze into ice and the flying snow was sharp like a knife. It was like a blizzard hell!
This is the chilly winds? Who would've thought that this would be how the extreme North of the plains look like!”
Fang Yuan was laying on the unihorned beast lazily with Purple Dream. As he inhaled, he could smell the mild fragrance from Purple Dream, and a few strips from her robe caressed his face playfully.
What happened to the white horse? It was already frozen to death a few hours in the chilly winds. Normal beasts could not handle the harsh elements here.
Even Purple Dream's Unihorn Beast was releasing a white glow from its horn, and the glow covered its body.
Not just that, the hairs on its hooves stood on its ends, resembling a huge vacuum. Only then could it traverse on the snow without obstruction.
'To be able to do this meant that it could also walk on water. There was a rumour in Xia Country that there was once an outstanding general with a pet that was able to walk on water. On many occasions, it rescued the general from danger, and was known as a lucky animal...'
Ultimately, it felt different travelling with a beauty. Fang Yuan felt a little different in his heart.
Purple Dream wasn't asleep yet. Suddenly, she turned around and in a clear voice, exclaimed. ”This is only the outer boundary of the chilly winds. In order to reach Da Qian Empire, we need to go through the heart of the extreme North. I have already led you around the blizzard. However, you will be by yourself in the depths of the plains, against the wild animals.”
”You... Are you not going to Da Qian to look for your master?”
Fang Yuan could hear Purple Dream's intention from her voice and asked.
”Master... Are you talking about my Almighty Father?”
Purple Dream laughed pitifully. ”You will never be able to accomplish what he had done. I pray for Him and tell Him about all my worries. He has always been with me!”
Fang Yuan remained silent.
He felt that this lady in front of him had displayed the signs of becoming a mad follower of a cult.
'Will a dream master end up a God?'
He felt that something was not right. It could be because that dream master had passed on, which led to Purple Dream having these thoughts.
”Whooo! Whooo!”
The Northern winds were extremely strong.
A shadow appeared in front. It slowly became bigger and bigger, and finally, it took on the shape of a huge gorge.
No!
This was not a normal gorge; it was the gate to the Heavens!
Two icy cliffs stood on each side, and they were tall as they blocked out more than half of the sky. He could not see the end.
”You must be careful. In the icy gorge, there are a lot of dangers. I should put it this way. It is a whole new world altogether...”
Purple Dream dismounted from the horse and took a step back. ”I can only bring you thus far!”
”Many thanks!”
Fang Yuan rubbed his nose.
If Purple Dream did not help him, he might have wasted too much effort trying to circumvent the blizzard and to locate this place.
”I hope that you can find what you are looking for!”
Purple Dream smiled, turned around and leapt on her horse. In an instant, she disappeared into the snow.
”The dream people... they're interesting!”
Fang Yuan looked in the direction that she went, smiled, and turned around to face the icy gorge.
”Whooo! Whoo!”
As the chilly winds blew, the coldness within the gorge was extreme due to the fact that it was paved with two icy cliffs on each side.
Fang Yuan almost lost his footing to the wind. Fortunately, he was prepared and he exerted a force on his legs, as they held onto the ground like roots.
Suddenly, a black shadow whizzed past him, as though it was fired from a bow pulled back all the way.
”Mm?”
With his right hand, he caught the object. Immediately, there was a 'kacha' sound and ice crystals were fragmented. All that was left on his hand was snow.
At the entrance of the gorge, the extreme wind could even blow icicles as though they were arrows. This was scarier than any other type of traps!
”Icicles?! As this stage, even martial artists of 4 Heavenly Gates would not be able to escape!”
Fang Yuan looked at this hand and let out a cold breath.
His reaction time, defence, and the speed of his hand was already at a stage which Wu Zongs could only dream of.
This was only one icicle. If there were many flying at the same time, even Wu Zongs would be troubled by it, and might even be pierced to death!
At this place, any wounds sustained would lead to the loss of one's martial arts, and even the blood flowing from the wound would freeze!
”I was fortunate to have strengthened my body before I came here. Reaching the stage of 1st Refining Stage is already many many times stronger than a normal Wu Zong!”
There was a white flash!
Suddenly, in Fang Yuan's hands were many metal chains. At the tip of the chains were long nails that were thick. The entire thing was heavy and it reflected a silvery black.
All of this was made from Hundred Casted Iron. In the normal world, it could be made into magical weapons, but to Fang Yuan, it was just a tool.
”Ha! Go!”
As he raised his right hand, he exerted an immense amount of force. The chain, which was a few hundred pounds heavy, spun into a black ray of light. As he flung it straight ahead, it broke through the icy surface and struck on the stone wall, stuck.
”Go!”
As he looked at the entrance of the gorge, he walked ahead without hesitation.
”Whoosh! Whoosh!”
The freezing cold wind was stinging! Furthermore, there were thousands of icicles flying through the wind this time!
Nearer to the entrance, the icicles were more concentrated, and it flew at an astonishing speed!
”Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!”
Fang Yuan retrieved a gigantic metal shield from the Mountain River Pearl and shielded himself. In an instant, he could hear the icicles pelting on his shield, like how raindrops would land on a banana leaf.
As the icicles hit his shield, they shattered and soon after, a thick layer of ice formed on this shield.
The bone-piercing chill of the ice slowly spread through the metal shield.